Carolus Linnæus (Carl von Linné) (1707-1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms, and he is known as the `Father of modern taxonomy`, here holding a Twinflower (Campanula serpyllifolia), and Stylised Sun and birds
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